Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and dibenzofuran concentrations in serum samples of workers at an infectious waste incineration plant in Japan

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 120-125

  Kumagai, Shinji ^a   Koda, Shigeki ^b  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infectious waste incinerator worker; Occupational exposure; Serum dioxins

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; JAPAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WORKER;

ADULT; BENZOFURANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INCINERATION; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 13444266195     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620590913146     Document Type: Article

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